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One of the ONLY things I miss about my Droid Incredible was Google Navigation. I've tried to find something that is even half as good at basic GPS Navigation capabilities. I've been through Co-Pilot, MotionX GPS Drive and MapQuest, none of which were without major issues.
Today is my son's birthday and we were out and about looking for things to do. We decided on a place we had heard of, but never been to. Of course, I pulled up Co-Pilot (the lesser of all evils) and tried to find the address amongst the POIs - no dice (as usual). So, I ended up having to Google it outside of the app, found the address and manually entered it. This was a 5 minute task based on how bad the text entry is process is with this app. Eventually I got it going, but not without missing several non-existant (or not identified) turns.
Once we got there, I had some time to sit and browse the App Store and was looking at reviews. I am really hesitant to go with a $50-60 app, only because I can't return it if it turns out to be just as useless as the $5 & $1 GPS apps I have.
So, I decided to split the difference and go with the $35 Garmin StreetPilot app, which had some mixed reviews. But given what I know of Garmin and how much I've enjoyed my standalone Garmin unit, I bit the bullet.
I'm not sure what some of these reviewers are looking for in a GPS app, but this thing is excellent. It works just as well as my standalone Garmin, and is incredibly easy to use while driving. It shows my speed, maneuvers and map view in exactly the ways I'm accustomed to - and it has Google integration for destination searches. This is absolutely what I was looking for and money well spent, IMO.
I guess as with most things in life, you get what you pay for. Even $35 is a little steep for an App Store app in my view, but it's well worth it to have a good, working GPS solution.
Today is my son's birthday and we were out and about looking for things to do. We decided on a place we had heard of, but never been to. Of course, I pulled up Co-Pilot (the lesser of all evils) and tried to find the address amongst the POIs - no dice (as usual). So, I ended up having to Google it outside of the app, found the address and manually entered it. This was a 5 minute task based on how bad the text entry is process is with this app. Eventually I got it going, but not without missing several non-existant (or not identified) turns.
Once we got there, I had some time to sit and browse the App Store and was looking at reviews. I am really hesitant to go with a $50-60 app, only because I can't return it if it turns out to be just as useless as the $5 & $1 GPS apps I have.
So, I decided to split the difference and go with the $35 Garmin StreetPilot app, which had some mixed reviews. But given what I know of Garmin and how much I've enjoyed my standalone Garmin unit, I bit the bullet.
I'm not sure what some of these reviewers are looking for in a GPS app, but this thing is excellent. It works just as well as my standalone Garmin, and is incredibly easy to use while driving. It shows my speed, maneuvers and map view in exactly the ways I'm accustomed to - and it has Google integration for destination searches. This is absolutely what I was looking for and money well spent, IMO.
I guess as with most things in life, you get what you pay for. Even $35 is a little steep for an App Store app in my view, but it's well worth it to have a good, working GPS solution.